Irish–English dictionary

Alpa

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alpaca

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

Alpach

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

alpachán

(metaphorically, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

alpaire

(metaphorically, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

alpaire seangán

Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).

alpartha

(usually, of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

Alsáis

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

Alsáiseach

Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Alsáisis

The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.

Alsún

(countable) A en given name.

alt

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

alt an chromáin

(slang, possibly, dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

alt na coise

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

altaitheach

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

altán

A small hill.

Altóir

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.

altramaigh

(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

altranas

The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

alúmanam

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

am

A moment (of time).

am éigin

At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

am i láthair

The current moment or period of time.

am lóin

The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.

am luí

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

amach

To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.

amach is amach

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

amadáinín

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

amadán

(Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster English, pejorative) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

amadán móinteach

A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]

amadánta

Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.

amadántacht

Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

amaid

A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

amaideach

(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

amaidí

A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.

amáille

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

amáireach

On the day after the present day.

amaitéarach

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

Amanach

Relating to this sect.

Amanaigh

A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

amanna

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

amárach

On the day after the present day.

amaróid

(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.

amarrán

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

amas

(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

Amasóin

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

ambaiste

Indicates emphatic agreement.

ambasáid

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

ambróise

Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.

Ambrós

A en given name.

amchlár

A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.

amfaibiach

Of or relating to the class Amphibia.

amh

(cooking) (of food) Not cooked. [from 9th c.]

amhábhar

A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture.

amhailt

(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

amháin

Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

amháin go

Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

amhainse

The quality of being astute.

amhainseach

Quickly and critically discerning.

amhaire

A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.

amhaisc

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

amhantar

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

amhantraí

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.

amhantraíocht

(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

amharc

Vision or the faculty of sight.

amharcach

Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing.

amharclann

(countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.

amharclannach

Of or relating to the theatre.

amhas

(usually, pejorative) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.

amhasóir

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.

amhasóireacht

unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans

amhchaoin

Crude; unrefined.

amhdhorchacht

Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.

amhlachas

A likeness, a similarity; the quality of being similar.

amhlaidh

(manner) In this way or manner.

amhlán

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

amhlánta

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

amhlántacht

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

Amhlaoibh

A en given name.

amhluadh

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

amhnas

Quickly and critically discerning.

amhra

Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

amhrán

(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

amhrán náisiúnta

A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.

amhránach

(music) Smooth and flowing.

amhránaí

A person who sings, often professionally.

amhras a bheith agat

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

amhras a bheith agat ar

(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

amhrasach

Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical.

amhrasán

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

amhrastach

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

amhsach

Wild; uncontrolled.

amhsán

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

amhscarthanach

The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.

amhsóg

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

amhulchach

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

amlógacht

The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.

amlóireacht

The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.

ámóg

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

amóinia

(inorganic compound) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.

amóiniam

(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH4+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia

Ámós

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

amparán

(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

amplach

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

amplóir

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

amplúil

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

amscaí

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

amscaíocht

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

Amstardam

A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.

amú

Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

amúchadh

The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.

amuigh

To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.

an

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

an [[Iaing-tsí]]

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

an [[t-am]] ar fad

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

an [[t-am]] go léir

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

An Afganastáin

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

an Afraic

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

An Airméin

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

An Áise

The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.

an Albáin

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

an Arcáid

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

an Bhaváir

A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

an Bhealarúis

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

an Bheilg

A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.

An Bheilís

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

An Bholaiv

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

An Bhrasaíl

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

an Bhreatain

England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

An Bhreatain Bheag

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

An Bíobla

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

an Caipeatól

The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.

An Caisleán Nua

A city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States; a suburb of Oklahoma City.

an ceathrú ... déag

The ordinal form of the number fourteen.

an Cháisc

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

An Chambóid

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Capital: Phnom Penh. Former name: Kampuchea.

An Chéadaoin

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

An Chéinia

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

an Chipir

An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.

an Chónaidhm

(historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

an Chruinne

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

an cibearspás

A world of information accessed through the Internet.

An Cnoc

A townland in Drumcliff civil parish, County Clare, Ireland.

an cuigú ... déag

The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

an Daingean

A harbour town in County Kerry, Ireland and the peninsula on which it stands.

An Damaisc

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

an Danmhairg

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

An Déardaoin

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

An Domhan Críostaí

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

An Domhnach

The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.